Results 6,801-6,820 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin
- Order of Business (13 Dec 2016)
Brendan Howlin: Just-----
- Order of Business (13 Dec 2016)
Brendan Howlin: I want to speak on Thursday's business.
- Order of Business (13 Dec 2016)
Brendan Howlin: No, Sir. I said, "No."
- Order of Business (13 Dec 2016)
Brendan Howlin: I know we are in a rush but we are not in that much.
- Order of Business (13 Dec 2016)
Brendan Howlin: The bottom line is we need to know. Maybe Deputy Micheál Martin has sight of the proposals. I do not know.
- Order of Business (13 Dec 2016)
Brendan Howlin: Okay, that is fine.
- Order of Business (13 Dec 2016)
Brendan Howlin: It is not.
- Order of Business (13 Dec 2016)
Brendan Howlin: I am simply seeking clarity. I do not know how well briefed Deputy Micheál Martin is but I have not been briefed at all in relation to an announcement made publicly at 1.15 p.m., when Leaders' Questions were at 2 o'clock, on what we regard as one of the most fundamental issues facing us, which is housing, in particular, the rental sector. We are now told it will be dealt with by way of...
- Order of Business (13 Dec 2016)
Brendan Howlin: Sorry, I cannot-----
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2016)
Brendan Howlin: I have read the Minister's leaks this morning.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2016)
Brendan Howlin: We would like the Dáil to be treated with some respect. We would like to see it before the Minister sends people out to present it in the media. The bottom line is we have a real crisis in terms of sustaining people in their houses. Would the Taoiseach accept that the Bill to come before us on Thursday merits at least being passed on Second Stage so that we can debate it on Committee...
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2016)
Brendan Howlin: And an all-party committee.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2016)
Brendan Howlin: I would love to see it.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2016)
Brendan Howlin: They can charge what they want.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2016)
Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach is arguing an increasingly lonely and isolated, unsustainable position. Does he not accept the view of those on the front line, including Threshold, Focus Ireland, the Simon Community, the Peter McVerry Trust and even the NESC on these matters? Are they all wrong in respect of this issue, with only the Government and Fianna Fáil in the right? The Government is...
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2016)
Brendan Howlin: They can, but not under the Minister's plan. He is arguing about a plan that he published 40 minutes ago. He might at least have given us the chance to debate it.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2016)
Brendan Howlin: Last Thursday, the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government urged the Dáil to reject the Social and Affordable Housing Bill 2016, which was proposed by the Labour Party. According to the amendment he proposed, our Bill "pre-empts" the delivery of the commitment in his action plan for housing and homelessness to publish "a strategy for the rental sector". We now...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Dec 2016)
Brendan Howlin: 504. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons prioritised as urgent on the outpatient list for urology services at University Hospital Waterford have been informed that they can expect to be seen within four years (details supplied); his views on whether this waiting time is appropriate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39999/16]
- Social and Affordable Housing Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Dec 2016)
Brendan Howlin: The Labour Party Bill before the House sets out to address key problems in the housing market. Everybody in this House understands that this is the social issue of our time and everybody is coming forward with solutions - sometimes thinking outside the box and grasping issues that we have been talking about for a very long time. I will make two brief points. In respect of the point the...
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (8 Dec 2016)
Brendan Howlin: In the past week, the media have been full of heartwrenching stories about children caught in domestic abuse. The tragedy of the situation is that those children do not now have the protection of law. We are assured that the domestic violence Bill will be published soon. I am sure that the Minister and, certainly, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs are aware of the campaign by...